title: Drug testing effectiveness in identifying and preventing drug use.
abstract: The effectiveness of drug testing in identifying and preventing drug use was assessed by a study of intercollegiate athletes required to participate in a urine testing program. Five hundred athletes who underwent testing were contrasted with a comparison group of 124 athletes not tested. Results show that some drug-using athletes avoided detection. Although many reduced their drug usage, some continued in the same pattern as before; a few actually increased drug usage.
authors.affiliation: UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Coombs
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004300:Doping in Sports / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008297:Male; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs